andrea leadsom
MPs demand to know what they will be asked to approve.
Commons leader says "real possibility" of third Brexit deal vote this week.
The Commons is due to be closed for two weeks in April.
Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson was at home with her 10-week-old son when she realised a fellow MP that she was paired with had voted in her absence. While she had already been working to get proxy-voting implemented in the House of Commons, outrage over the incident helped move the stalled changes into reality. Swinson worked with Leader of the House, Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, to bring the pilot programme into effect. Both politicians want to make parliament a more welcoming place, and believe that fostering respect during divisive times is key to getting more women into public positions.
The speaker also clashed with Andrea Leadsom in the Commons.
PM asks Brussels to grant 'short' extension of Article 50.
But the Commons leader added she was "a staunch supporter" of equalities classes in schools.
The leader of the House says she might have been more lenient if it were up to her.
I hesitate to accuse anyone of bigotry but it’s at least arguable these repeated ‘mis-statements’ or reveal attitudes that should have no place in 21st Century Britain
Labour MP Naz Shah said Commons leader “played into the idea that Muslims are less British” and said she must apologise.